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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1900
Page
4
A catalog of fabrics lists various textiles including 23 inch b heavy welt French Piqcerattfc 0c and Be inch Armure bo cord Piques popu WE anch alk stripe soft oil Imported AtHIDe Bo 8 Madras at 124c 15c and 18 yard. Also 30 inch Irish Dimines with diminu tte saree for infants, 30 inch Linon de Inde and Vicitora Lawns described as very paser quality at the yard.
An old catalog style note lists varied underwear offerings including ladies bleached ribbed vests at 15c each and white undershirts with sleeves or reinforced French yoke. It mentions silk finish undershirts at 35c and extra large lisle variants, with persuasion toward value and reliability for shoppers.
An advertisement lists stock of ladies stockings in various styles and sizes, including drop stitch, onyx black, and fancy patterns, plus all wool stockings and infants’ socks at low prices. It promotes gold medal branded all wool fabrics, black diagonals, and a wide assortment of plaid skirts, with many items discounted to 8c per yard or less.
The Americus fire department reports twenty three alarms since January 1 with only one false call. One wooden building burned and losses total under $500 for six months. The worst damage likely $50 to a negro home on Vorrest street.
A terrible wreck on the Southern Railway late Saturday night caused about thirty five deaths and heavy property loss two miles north of McDonough near Atlanta. The Pullman sleeper at the rear largely escaped, most crew perished, and families in Americus mourn missing relatives as rescuers search the wreck site.
The uptown artesian well, a key water source for many residents, will be repaired and back in service within a day or two. Machinery parts were cast at the G. A. Shops foundry and are being installed after ten days of shutdown, during which the water supply was disrupted.
The notice announces a home school starting July 2 at 607 Church Street with classes arranged to fit student hours. It mentions a postgraduate course taught at convenient times.
Yard goods priced at 8c and 44c per yard go on sale Monday and Tuesday. Twenty five dozen barber towels at 2c each. Corsets 85c value cut to 48c. Ladies shirt waists with collars and cuffs 39c. Crash fall goods offered at 23c each.
Last week the Eagle and Phoenix mills in Columbus Ga produced Turkish bath towels described as seckonds imperfect yet fair at 20c each or $1.10 per dozen. Also offered are fresh, well made shirts of percales and madras cloth at 50c each with attached or detached collars and scuffs, priced as good value even at 75c.
Reports of floods in the cotton belt push prices higher with August futures rising from 8 cents to about 9.15 before closing down to 8.86. December and July contracts close at 8.24 and 8.96 respectively as crop conditions improve in the belt, hinting farmers may still profit. Parx cramps relief ad dominates the page.
Miss Floyd Carter and Mr Robert Deriso wed Sunday morning at the Friendship church in full view of relatives and friends. The bride is described as a beautiful and accomplished young woman with many admirers. the groom, a successful young farmer from near Americas.
An old advertisement for Tate Springs Tennessee promotes a health resort near Chattanooga. It touts mineral waters, amusements, German baths, orchestras, and extensive hotel facilities under proprietor Tomlinson. It invites readers to ship or request information.
Americus farmer N A Tay ships six thousand seven hundred dozen ears of roasting corn to Atlanta earning about ten dollars per dozen across freight costs the venture claims high profitability. He gathered the corn in his field two miles from town with no packing and ships by freight, noting the potential of ten dollars per acre from green corn.
Fruit growers across Americas, after shipping early peaches, await Elberta varieties. Unfavorable weather may push Elberta harvest a week to ten days late. Peach grower T B Hooke says rains have not yet harmed the crop here, though black rot fears rise in other areas.
Fragmentary advertisement touts a remedy for sick headaches and nervous conditions. It claims to improve blood and nerves, promising easy intake and a money back guarantee. The text references a druggist sales point with a possibly misspelled location.
Senator W A vodson and Judge R L Maynard visited Macon to view the rising Ocmulgee river. Homes along the riverfront were inundated and residents fled by boat with belongings as the river surged. A segment of the old bridge collapsed and was swept away.
With the close of this week the store will wind up the successful June sales, aiming for the largest point of sales this season. Strongest inducements are offered in pricing to date.
The stock of wash waists is under 200, offered at very low prices. Ladies waists in percale and lawn previously 65 cents now 25 cents. Muslin percale and madras waists once 100 to 125 dollars priced at 4.90 each.
Bargain sale offers 150 skirts priced at 980, 200 skirts at 1338, 250 skirts at 175, and 300 to 350 skirts at 108. Goods are well made with felled seams and an eight inch hem.
Straw hats are cleared from stock with drastic discounts. Hats previously 60 to 150 dollars drop to 25 to 75 cents. Children's sailors and tam o shanters reduced from 100 dollars to 50 cents and 250 each for odd lots. Men's hats cut from 60 dollars to 25 cents and 50 cents for odd pieces.
Announcing the entire line of ladies pulley and fancy belts with new pricing. Belts previously 0c now 2 50 each, 7Sa Belts now 2 90 each, Our 000 and 100 Belts now 1 00 each, Our 1 50 Belts now 0 75 each.
A newspaper ad touts large quantities of wash fabrics with dramatic price cuts. It highlights 15,000 yards of shirting prints at 30 cents per yard, 3,000 yards of figured muslin at a yard, and other fabrics including lawns, organdies, and dimities with prices slashed from 10 cents to 5 cents per yard. Additional lots of figured ducks, piques, and silks are advertised with substantial reductions, claiming earlier prices from 24 cents to 1 cent per yard. The notice emphasizes a Magnificent line of wash fabrics and mentions heavy discounts on remaining stock.
One case hemmed counterpanes grade 750 offered at 49 cents. One case large extra heavy crochet counterpanes grade 125 offered at 95 cents. Marseilles counterpanes grade 210 offered at 11 cents. 300 Indies swissa ribbed odds and ends undervests to be cleared at 10 to 1 cent from 20 to 50.
A jumble of health pitches and product plugs appears with claims for Foley's Kidney Cure for Bright's disease and diabetes, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve for piles and skin diseases, DoWitt's and Banner Salve for wounds, alongside Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and One Minute Cough Cure.ENDORSES Davenport Drug Co. and allied druggists tout cures and testimonials from local readers.
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